Bottle cooler



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BOTTLE COOLER Original Filed Dec. 27, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 m xe Patented july 28, 1931 UNITED STATES CLAYTON BRUCE WINGATE, OF'ALBANY, INDIAN AssIGNon To GLAsoocK BIto'r IEns MANUFACTURING COMPANY, or MUNCIE, INDIANA, AfooIiPoaArrroN or INDIANA'Q BOTTLE coonnn' Application filed December 27, 1926, Serial No. 157,189. Renewed February 4, 1929.

This invention relates to a dispenser of the cooling type. I

The chief object of the invention is to maintain at a predetermined temperature a plurality of bottles to be dispensed, and dispense the same only when an additional bottle from an auxiliary supply is supplied to the dispenser.

The chief feature of the invention consists in the arrangement of the article support and means providing access thereto, whereby a bottle cannot be removed from the dispenser until the supply opening'has been uncovered, and similarly the bottle will not be positioned for removal from the.dispenser until a bottle has been supplied to the dispenser for refilling the same.

The full nature of the invention will be understood from the accompanying drawings and the following description and claims In the drawings Fig. 1 is afront elevational view of the dispenser. Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof, both figures having parts broken away to show other'parts in detail.

In the drawings 10 indicates a container having an open upper end and having an opening 11 therein closed by a door 12 retained by a latch arrangement 13. Door 12 provides access to an ice compartment 14 which is provided with an over-flow drain 15, whereby the melted ice above apredetermined level is removed from the compartment. 'Substantiallysurrounding said compartment is a'tank or compartment 16 and a pipe 17 constitutes an over-flow therefor and level determining means. If water or brine is supplied to tank 16, it will substantially surround the ice compartment 14- andbe held at a level determinable by the upper end of the over-flow 17. Ice in compartment 1/1 will cool the walls thereof and, therefore, cool the liquid in the tank 16 in contact with said walls. The casinglO may be suitably insulated to prevent heat transference.

Extending upwardly from said casing, and supported thereby, is a rack or auxiliary supply frame 18 having the horizontal and rearwardly inclined partitions 19 therein, said rack being adapted to receive the surplus bottles 20. Herein the racks are shown accommodating twenty-four bottles.

The upper part of the casing is shown cut away to formthe trackway 21 and rotatably mounted thereon are a plurality of rollers 22, said rollers being positionable in recesses or grooves 23. A cover 24: including a finger piece 25 is slidably supported on the trackway 21 and said cover includes the recesses 26 adapted to partiallyregister with recesses 23 and receive the rollers 22. Thus, the rollers not only serve as a rolling support but also serve as a lock, that is, prevent more than predetermined relative movement or sliding movement of the cover 24. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, four of said rollers are provided. One end of the cover includes a supporting plate or shoulder 27 adapted to serve as a stop and support for a removably mounted auxiliary cover member 28 having the knob or finger piece 29 and being hingedly supported at 30. When the cover 28 is re moved from the dotted line position, see Fig. 1, into full line position the cover 24 can be moved from the position shown in Fig. 1 to the right a sutficient distance so that the left hand bottle 31 is exposed and can be readily removed from the tank.

In the present form of the'invention the I bottles in the tank are shown supported by U-shaped straps 32. Straps 32 support a trough-forming plate 34 and partitions .33 form parallel channels adapted to receive the bottles supportedby the trough 34. Adjacent the end opposite the hinged closure 28 and positioned so as to ride directly above the trough-forming plate 34 is a deflector or platform.

' If itbe assumed that a bottleis desired in one ofthe eight rows, as shown in Fig. 2, then the. cover 28 is opened. Thebottle 20 is inserted therein and is carried downwardly by the deflector 36. Knob 25 is then actuated and the entire mechanism moves toward the right in Fig. lWl'llCll causes, by-reason of the additional bottle inserted at the right, the left hand bottle 31 to engage upon the platform34- andbe elevated. The cover. then is in the right hand position and the left hand bottle 31 is exposed for withdrawal After Ell this is done the cover is returned to the full line position shown in Fig. 1, that is, toward the left and the cover 28 is closed. The foregoing, therefore, insures a substantially constant supply of bottles subject to cooling prior to dispensing. It, therefore, requires that a bottle be supplied before a bottle can be withdrawn. For the channels containing bottles from which it is not desired to dispense a bottle, no relative movement of the bottles therein With respect to the tray34 is obtained When the entire carriage construction is reciprocated since the right end bottle of the channel has no additional bottle to engage.

The invention claimed is 1. A cooling dispenser comprising a cooling chamber. an article support reciprocato'ry therein, a dispensing outlet, a supply inlet, cover means for each, and means so connecting one of said cover means and said support as to permit predetermined movement between the same and the other cover mefflls.

2. A dispensing device comprising a cooling chamber, a hin-g'edly mounted cover for covering one portion thereof, another cover for covering the remaining portion thereof, said covers completely covering said chamher, article supporting means carried by the second motioned cover, said second men tinned cover and article supporting means being reciprocator'ily mounted, and platform means oppositely positioned with respect to said first mentioned cover for receiving an article from the article supporting means in the reciprocation of the latter.

3. A cooling dispenser comprising a cooling chamber, a closure removably mounted adjacent thereto for closing one end of the chamber, another cover slidably mounted for completing the closing of said chamber, a platform supported by said chamber, an article support carried by said second mentioned closure and reciprocatory therewith for discharging an article to said platform, and means for limiting the sliding movement of said recipro'catory cover.

I 4. In a device of the character as defined by claim 3, characterized by the travel limit means consisting of a roller, and complementary elongated recesses in two adjacent relatively movable portions of the relatively movable members.

7 5. In a cooler for bottles, the combination with a liquid tight container for a refrigersiting liquid having an inlet opening through its top at one end and an outlet opening 'at its top at the opposite end, a guide horizontally mounted Within said container in a position to be submerged in the refrigerant and constructed to support the bottles side by side in an upright position, said guide being reciprocably mounted in the container to move horizontally and having a movement mounted in the container to move horizontally and having a movement relatively to the container at distance equal to the Width of a bottle, said container having a dispensing outlet at one end of said guide and a supply inlet at the opposite end of said guide, and a cover means for each.

7. A cooling dispenser comprising a cooling chamber, a cover member for said chamber horizontally reciprocable thereon and a horizontall Y dis JOSGtl article su ort carried by said cover member and arranged to support a piurality of bottles in upright side by side relation.

8. In cooler for bottles, the combination with a liquid container for a refrigerating liquid having an inlet through its top at one end and an outlet through its top at the opposi-te end, a guide horizontally mounted Within said container in a position to be submerged in the refrigerant, constructed to support the bottles side by side in an upright position, said guides being reciprocably mounted With respect to one Wall of the container and movable horizontally, the relative movement between the guide and the Wall of the container being equal to the Width of a bottle. i

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto aflir-z-cd mv si nature.

CLAYTON BRUCE Wiuearn 

